Fencers in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Concrete fence posts in Great Yarmouth: fix the part that holds it all up
Rotten or rocking posts dug out and replaced, in concrete or timber, with gravel boards to keep the fence off the soil. Count the bad posts and a local fencer will call you.
- Rotten timber posts dug out and replaced
- Slotted concrete posts and concrete gravel boards
- Leaning posts re-set in fresh concrete
- Guide prices for posts below, and a quote costs nothing
Push the post. Does it move?
Go out and lean on each fence post in turn. A good one feels like part of the ground. A bad one rocks, creaks or shifts in its hole.
Timber posts nearly always fail in the same place: the few inches where the soil ends and the air begins. Wet, then dry, then wet again. The post can look perfect at head height and be brown mush at the ankle.
Once a post goes, the panels each side have nothing to hold them. That is how one soft post becomes three panels on the lawn.
From form to fence in three moves
Describe the fence
Give your name, a phone number and the part of town you are in. Then say what is wrong or what you want built. A rough length in metres or a count of panels is the most useful detail.
A local fencer phones you
Your phone rings at the time of day you picked. Expect questions about height, posts and access to the garden. For a new run of fencing, the fencer will usually want to walk the boundary and measure it.
You get a price and choose
The price is yours to weigh up. Ask for it written down with the materials listed. Accept it, turn it down or sleep on it. You have spent nothing by asking.
Concrete or timber posts
Concrete posts
They do not rot and insects have no interest in them. Slotted posts let panels and gravel boards drop in from the top, so a damaged panel can be swapped in minutes. They are heavy, which is good in a wind and hard work to fit. MyJobQuote's fence installation guide puts an eight foot concrete post at £30 to £35.
Timber posts
Timber looks softer and suits closeboard and picket fences. An eight foot timber post is £20 to £25 in the same guide. The foot of the post needs protecting, and some fencers fit a sleeve at ground level for that.
Repair spurs
Where a timber post has rotted at the base but is sound above, a short concrete spur can be concreted in beside it and bolted on. It saves taking the fence apart and is a common fix after a storm.
What a gravel board does
A gravel board is a low board, usually six inches or a foot high, that sits under the panel. Soil, wet leaves and grass cuttings pile against it instead of against the fence.
Concrete gravel boards last as long as concrete posts. Timber ones cost less and can be swapped when they have done their time. MyJobQuote's fence repair guide prices a concrete gravel board at £30 to £50 and a timber one at £10 to £30.
There is a second benefit for anyone with a dog. A gravel board set into the ground closes the gap under the fence, and a terrier cannot chew through concrete.
Typical post and panel repair prices
Tap a job for the usual UK range and the guide it comes from.
Every figure is a typical UK guide price from the published guide named with it. Not one is a price for your fence. Your own price turns on the length and height of the fence, the posts you choose, the ground they go into and how easy it is to reach the boundary.
All the fencing guide prices together
| Job | UK guide price |
|---|---|
| Replacing one wooden fence panelSwapping a single damaged wooden panel for a new one, with labour and materials. | £110 to £220 |
| Re-setting or replacing a fence postDigging out a loose or snapped post and setting it again, or putting in a new one, with labour and materials. | £160 to £265 |
Every figure is a typical UK guide price from the published guide named with it. Not one is a price for your fence. Your own price turns on the length and height of the fence, the posts you choose, the ground they go into and how easy it is to reach the boundary.
Where each fencing figure was read
Setting a post so it stays set
The hole matters more than the post. For an eight foot post it should be about two feet deep, and narrow enough that the concrete grips the sides.
Old concrete has to come out first, and that is the hard part of any post replacement. A lump the size of a bucket has to be broken up or levered out before the new post can go in the same place.
Great Yarmouth stands on a spit between the sea and the river, and ground near the coast can be loose and sandy. A fencer who works here will judge the ground as the first hole is dug, and go deeper or wider where it is soft.
Each post is checked for upright both ways, braced, and left for the concrete to harden before panels load it. For the fence that goes between the posts, see fence panels or closeboard fencing.
Fencing services in Great Yarmouth
- Fence panelsNew panel fences fitted and tired panels swapped.
- Closeboard fencingFeather edge timber fencing built on site for exposed gardens.
- Fence repairs and storm damageBlown-out panels, snapped boards and leaning runs put right.
- Garden and driveway gatesSide gates, drive gates and electric gates hung true.
- Composite fencingLow-upkeep boards that do not rot or need painting.
- Metal and security fencingRailings, chain link, mesh and palisade for homes and yards.
Great Yarmouth, Gorleston and the villages
Fencing help on both banks of the Yare and along the coast north and south of town.
- Town centre, seafront and the quays
- Southtown and Cobholm
- Gorleston-on-Sea
- Bradwell
- Caister-on-Sea
- Hopton-on-Sea
- Belton
- Burgh Castle
- Ormesby St Margaret and Scratby
- Hemsby
- Winterton-on-Sea
- Martham
- Filby and Fleggburgh
Worth knowing before you press send
- No fee, and the decision stays yours. There is no charge for sending the form and no duty to accept the price you are given.
- About a minute of your time. Your name, your number, your area and the job. No email address, no street address.
- Prices here are sourced, never guessed. Each figure on this site is a typical UK guide price taken from a published cost guide, and the guide is named and linked next to it. A guide price helps you budget. It cannot stand in for a price on your own boundary.
- Your details are used for one thing. Getting your fencing looked at. They are not sold and not added to any mailing list.
Common questions
Can one post be replaced without taking the fence down?
Usually. The panels or rails either side are freed, the old post and its concrete are dug out, and the new post goes in the same spot. MyJobQuote's repair guide gives £160 to £265 for re-setting or replacing a post.
Are concrete posts worth the extra?
On an exposed boundary, generally yes. The posts are the part that fails first in timber, and the part that costs most in labour to replace. Paying a little more once for posts that will not rot removes the weakest link.
How deep should a fence post go?
A common rule is about two feet in the ground for a six foot fence, using an eight foot post set in concrete. Taller fences and soft ground need more.
One soft post takes its neighbours with it
A rocking post lets the panels each side move, and moving panels shake the next posts along. Left through a winter, one bad post can turn into a whole side of the garden. Replacing it early is a small job by comparison.
Say how many posts are loose and which part of Great Yarmouth you are in. The quote will not cost you a penny.